Re: Patent license

"Ryan Malayter" <rmalayter(_at_)bai(_dot_)org> writes:

> But IP "theft and abuse"? I don't remember much in the way of that.
A case in point, disk compression for DOS. Microsoft used a
compression system and was sued by the company they 'stole' it
from. The company won and was awarded damages against Microsoft, but
rather than pay out, Microsoft just bought the company (whose value
had decreased because of the law suit).